It's important that healthcare facilities start to examine more
suitable technologies to help fight against fraud and identity theft,
and to secure access to PHI from personnel. We have seen the adoption
of biometrics as a mechanism for identification soar, especially for
patient ID to ensure not only ID accuracy, but link a biometric
template to a patient's medical record to prohibit any duplicate
medical records or overlays. It's working, as more patients and
hospitals understand the benefits of biometric for patient ID and
utilize it as a measure to protect from identity theft and fraud..